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The Essay

Wild Things

Episode 2: The Robin

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Poet and writer Ruth Padel explores how literature and history have shaped British attitudes to the robin and asks what the sight of the bird in the snow still means to us today. Show more

The Essay

Wild Things

Episode 4: The Butterfly

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Poet and writer Ruth Padel considers our attitudes to butterflies in the British landscape and asks how literature, biology and history have shaped our responses to them. Show more